Higher Education Support Act 2003

Pt 5-4 heading substituted by No 6 of 2012, s 3 and Sch 1 item 8, applicable in relation to information whether it was obtained or created before, on or after 7 March 2012. The heading formerly read:

PART 5-4
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Protection of personal information

Division 179
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Protection of personal information

SECTION 179-25
Commissioner may disclose information

179-25(1)
Despite anything in an Act of which the *Commissioner has the general administration, the Commissioner, or a person authorised by the Commissioner, may communicate *personal information to an *officer for use by that officer:

(a)
in the case of a *Commonwealth officer
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in the course of the officer's *official employment; or

(b)
in the case of an *officer of a higher education provider
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to assist the officer in performing duties or functions, or in exercising powers, under, or for the purposes of, this Act; or

(c)
in the case of an *officer of Open Universities Australia
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to assist the officer in performing duties or functions, or in exercising powers, under, or for the purposes of, this Act; or

S 179-25(1) amended by No 121 of 2009, s 3 and Sch 2 item 8, by inserting para (d) at the end, effective 7 December 2009.

179-25(2)
Despite subsection
13.3(3)
of the
Criminal Code
, in a prosecution for an offence against an Act of which the *Commissioner has the general administration, the defendant does not bear an evidential burden in relation to whether this section applies to a communication of *personal information.

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